Archive for November 16, 2018

It was announced today that, because of yesterday’s Nor’easter that dropped a half-foot of snow throughout parts of the mid-Atlantic and New England, a number of changes would be made to the start times and/or sites of some state championship finals.

The Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Council (CIAC) postponed its three championship games, to be held at Westhersford (Conn.), from Saturday to Sunday.

In addition, the New Jersey Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Tournament of Champions final was moved from Kean University to Mount Holly Rancocas Valley (N.J.).

Tomorrow’s Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) title matches have been moved forward five hours, so that the tripleheader begins at 3 p.m. instead of 10 a.m.

Elsewhere, it is expected that the final of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Central Coast Section will be held tomorrow after a week’s delay because of wildfires in the greater Bay Area.

In the last couple of weeks, there was one major statistical accomplishment that we forgot to recognize.

With a two-goal, three-assist effort against Pittsburgh Pine-Richland (Pa.) two Tuesdays ago, Emma DeBerdine, the senior for Millersville Penn Manor (Pa.), becomes the eighth known member of the 100-goal, 100 assist club:

G-A

Name

School

ST

Year

148-135*

Chantae Miller

Williamsville North

NY

2003-2008

126-117

Chantae Miller

Williamsville North

NY

2005-2008

114-108

Alyssa Parker

Glenelg

MD

2008-2011

200-201

Haley Schleicher

Virginia Beach First Colonial

Va.

2012-2015

217-134

Meredith Sholder

Emmaus

PA

2013-2016

350-136

Mackenzie Allessie

Mount Joy Donegal

PA

2015-2018

104-104

Leah Crouse

Virginia Beach Frank W. Cox

VA

2014-2017

106-107

Gabby Andretta

Summit Oak Knoll

NJ

2014-2017

141-103

Emma DeBerdine

Millersville Penn Manor

PA

2015-2018

*– six-year varsity numbers

This group of players represents, to me, some of the most impressive players in the history of the modern game, recognizing that there are lots of places in the United States that still do not recognize and/or publish assists. All eight of these players were recruited for NCAA Division I play and I think just about every one of them made the U.S. senior or junior national team pool.

So, what you see below is our Statwatch, thanks in part to, amongst others, MaxPreps, Advance Media, PennLive.com, The LNP Media Group, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, PhilaFieldHockey.com, and the Washington Post.

Given the number of stats I read about each week, this list isn’t perfect. This is where you come in. If you see something missing, feel free to send us an email at TopOfTheCircle.com. Give us a name or a bit of documentation (a website will do) so that we can make the adjustment.

Thanks a lot for dropping in, and we’ll see if we can get it right next week.